A former top aide to President Barack Obama likened Bernie Sanders’s debate performance — and the way it was received by pundits — to Obama’s first presidential run in 2007. Dan Pfeiffer made the comment on Twitter.
“Clinton had a great night, but Sanders winning the focus group and online polls, but losing the pundits is reminiscent of Obama in 07-08,” Pfeiffer, the former White House communications director, tweeted.
Clinton had a great night, but Sanders winning the focus group and online polls, but losing the pundits is reminiscent of Obama in 07-08
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 14, 2015
Sanders in fact has beaten a fundraising record set by Obama in that election. As the New York Times reported on October 1, “Mr. Sanders reached a turning point on Wednesday night, when his campaign said that it had raised about $26 million since July — more than Mr. Obama took in for the comparable period in 2007 — and that it had saved enough since the spring to have about $26.5 million in cash.”
